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Browsing: Oddities
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Ocean Liner Crewcats
An interesting bit of feline-related maritime trivia, courtesy of the Humboldt Union (Humboldt, Kansas) of…
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Passenger Versus Surgeon
A story so crazy that it could have been ripped out of today’s news, yet…
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Wireless Worries, Circa 1906
Today, many people grumble about fellow cruise ship passengers using their mobile phones while at…
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Air Mail Via Ocean Liner
On 22 July 1929 Norddeutscher Lloyd’s Bremen took the Blue Riband from Cunard Line’s Mauretania,…
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Caronia’s Famous Funnel
Other than her mint green color, the most interesting feature of Caronia (1949) was her…
![Media and the Seasick Horses](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Media-Featured-351x185.jpg)
Media and the Seasick Horses
Back in the 1950s and 60s, Cunard Line’s Media had the unusual responsibility of supplying…
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Normandie Crash Landing
On 22 June 1936, during a torpedo-dropping drill, an RAF plane flown by Lt. Guy…
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Aquitania Abandon Ship Drill
Journey back to the days of weak industrial health and safety rules for an Aquitania…
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1959: The Giant Liners That Never Were
Back in August 1959, H.B. Cantor, a US hotel owner, claimed he was going to…
![Meet Baldur: Ship’s Dog Meet Baldur: Ship's Dog](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/New-York-Greek-Line-Featured-351x185.jpg)
Meet Baldur: Ship’s Dog
Let’s return to August 1957 and spend some time Greek Line’s New York, formerly Anchor…